24-27 May2012: cafebabel.com call for MULTIKULTI on the ground in Berlin/Germany

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MULTIKULTI on the ground - write
for us from Berlin – 24rd -27th May
2012Editor-in-charge/
Matthieu Amaré / redaction@cafebabel.com 10 cities, 10 special city editions of feature
reports, 10 local debates: We're
continuing our series of monthly reporting missions to a different city in our
Europe-wide network, this year with a special focus on multiculturalism
in Europe.

24rd -27th May 2012: BERLIN/GERMANY

Step 1: what’s it about

WHAT IS IT:
In 2011 we launch our monthly editorial series - ‘MULTIKULTI on the
ground’ - which aims to raise consciousness on the issue of
multiculturalism and variety of cultures in Europe.

TO DO WHAT: Valorising local, young projects, ideas,
stories, initiatives and angles that have emerged from multicultural
preoccupations. Be ‘on the ground’ and make us feel you’ve been hanging out and
working in Berlin. Be rather “gonzo” than
“institutional”. Spend time with locals, describe what you saw/ felt/ learned
from them. Be critical, ‘MULTIKULTI’ isn’t an ideology for cafebabel.com!

Step 2:
recruiting you

WANTED: We need three journalists (written
or video) and one photographer to join this mission - writing on aforesaid
offbeat, MULTIKULTI-related topics with the support of our local host team.
You'll also attend a local debate held by the cafebabel.com local team in Berlin so we can make some noise whilst we are in town.

It’s your proposals that will get
you noticed for this mission: so be creative, do some research before applying,
flog your idea donkeys to me.

Step 3: you on MULTIKULTI on the ground

LOGISTICS: Book your own flights/ trains to Berlin :
up to 250 Euros is reimbursed by cafebabel.com
upon return from the trip. Other travel and food expenses are reimbursed for up to 25 Euros every day. The team is
hosted by the warm locals in Berlin or a hostel.

EDITORIAL: The editors and the team in Berlin
(read the cityblog berlin.cafebabel.com) will help
and assist you define your angle/ article before the trip. BUT: it’s up to you
to do research before leaving for the project, to find interesting interviewees
and ideas “on the ground”. The written piece is due in strictly one week later, when the relevant linguistic editor from
the central Paris office will edit your piece, which will be translated by our
volunteer networks, and then published in six languages within the following
month.

Step 4: Apply !

- with your CV, three-line MULTIKULTI
article proposals, link with the news and crisis of multiculturalism in Europe,
ideas of interviewees... We look forward to eating them up!